Manche is a coastal French department in Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as La Manche, literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayenne to the south
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Sound de chausey par mauvais temps
Vue de l'arrière Château de Gratot
Saint-Lô is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
Manche
…province of Normandy. The capital was Coutances until 1796, and it resumed that role after World War II because of the almost complete destruction of Saint-Lô during the Battle of Normandy following D-Day. When Saint-Lô was rebuilt, it once again became the capital. The department includes the Cotentin Peninsula…
A view of Saint-Lô from the Notre-Dame church [fr]
The main entrance to the town.
There remains no more than a few saved streets, such as Rue Saint-Georges and Rue Porte-au-Four, in old Saint-Lô.
Jean-Baptiste Corot, La Vire à Saint-Lô (1850–1855), Museum of the Louvre.